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officials. shut down the streets so emergency vehicles can get in and out. look at the map. here are the street closures you will deal with around golden gate park this afternoon including lincoln, all part of the roads shut down. supervisor toll the residents in the newsletter this is during the evening commute. traffic will be a nightmare. she said that police will be out looking for troublemakers. >> we will have juvenile probation out and people undercover out. we will not tolerate under age drinking and the other things that sadly, have happened with people under the age. >> drivers will want to avoid the area starting at 3:00 this afternoon. the roads will be placed from 3:00 to 7:00. people are then to come from across the state and even across the country for the even. there is a lot to celebrate not only marijuana which is the main event but the fact that president obama is expected to endorse the legalization of
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medical marijuana today. a new palm finds 53 percent of americans now support the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. pew research finds 77 percent support for medical purposes with four state and washington dc legalizing pot use for recreation. 23 have legalized medical miles an hour juan including california. >> a pedestrian was on a freeway off-ramp in san francisco and was hit and killed by cars. it happened after 9:00 p.m. on the northbound 101 alameda boulevard off-ramp. the victim was hit by at least two cars. one lane of 101 was closed for two hours. >> uber driver is under arrest in a possible case of road rage. police say emerson hit a bicyclist on north point and in taylor yesterday afternoon in san francisco. the bicyclist yelled at the driver banged open the window
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and pushed the mirror in and the driver intentionally rammed into him and the bicyclist has a punctureed lung and broken ribs and broken shoulder. >> there was a fatal bicycle wreck in marin county. four people set out on friday phone a fishing ship. the coast guard launched a search when they failed to return on friday night. searchers found the body of a man and a woman on saturday morning floating near the debris. they are identified at 61-year-old diane kelly of windsor and 59-year-old richard hargrav." jr. >> another person has been arrested for chiming the fence surrounding the white house. the secret service agents quickly arrested the man. he was carrying a package found to be harmless. this is just the latest in a string of fence jumpers. last september a man armed with a knife made it all the way
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inside the white house before being tackled. another man jumped the fence last area heeded gety on friday in connection with the case. >> last week, florida male man doug hughes landed a gyrocopter on the front lawn of the capitol saying it was an act of civil disobedience and wanted to distribute letters to congress to roast campaign finance laws. he spoke with george stephanopolis on "good morning america" today. >> i am a mailman and delivering the mail. i don't think the government is going to shoot a 61-year-old mailman on a flying bicycle not threaten everyone. >> the family calls him a patriot and is under house arrest and has a court date next month. you can see the expire interview this morning when "good morning america" comes your way at 7:00. >> hundreds of thousands will watch as 30,000 runers compete in boston marathon bombing under
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tight security. here is the starting line in massachusetts, the runners fueled up for the 26.2 mile race by enjoying pre-race dinners across boston and others checked out the finish line in downtown boston the foes advised people not to bring coolers. this will forces the deadly terrorism bombing at the boston marathon bombing two years ago. three people died and 260 were wounded when bombs went off at the finish line. tomorrow the penalty phase begins in the trial of dzhakhar tsarnaev with the jury deciding if he will face the death penalty. the same panel convicted him on 30 charge last week. a security researcher was not allowed to board a united airlines flight after he spoke out against hacking the airplane electronic system and is in san francisco for a security conference after taking another airline. our reporter has the details. chris roberts looked like a
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bodyguard but his strength is in research and security systems. >> recently, it was with the airlines. >> i am looking at the system and going, i know this can still be breached. why isn't this safe now? >> on out united flight syracuse roberts frustration boiled over. he jokingly tweeted about making the oxygen mask on the plane deploy. >> the tweet was blunt. probably should have been tempered. >> the f.b.i. did not see the humor the on the ground in syracuseing as questioned roberts. they seized equipment shown in the tweets. >> san francisco based company is representing roberts and the company, one world lab. >> it is his job and he founded a company to help improve network and computer security. >> united bounced roberts from the booked flight to san francisco on saturday. saying he would be refunded but could not fly with the carrier. >> you security researchers will
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be less likely to help airlines given united's overseas action. >> united released this statement "given the claims he has manipulated aircraft suspects while in-flight, a clear violation of united policy, we have decided it is in the best interest of our customers and crew members he not be allowed to fly united." roberts said the research and work indicates it is possible to hack an airplane. >> has anyone done it? >> good question. i am not sure at this point. >> united says "we are confident our flight control system could not be accessed through techniques he described." roberts hopes this leads to a dialogue with airlines and federal authorities about security risk. tonight, the arena is rocking for game two against the pole cans. the warriors held on for a
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victory on saturday after leading by 25 points tonight they try to maintain home court advantage in the best of seven series before it shifts to new orleans on thursday night. we will have a report from the arena at the top of the hour. >> dubb nation is showing its colors proof that you are never too young to show your warriors pride. and these fans showing off support for the blue and gold. you can show yours too, with # #dubbson7. post your pictures to social media. we will share they will. >> the baby had the headphones on and i loved the way the baby was screaming maybe the people around need the the hold phones. >> the worses have been hot but we are cooling off in the bay area. >> absolutely. you may have noticed if you are closer to the bay or spent time at the coast over the weekend this morning with the blanket of
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low clouds we are mild and 54 in hayward and 56 in mountain view and mist and drizzle and five miles visibility with seven miles in petaluma. here is the plan. today we are covered in the clouds and by 9:00 it pulls out of the east bay, and 11 o'clock you are sunny there and the clouds will hang out at the shore line making for a cool and grave day. temperatures are in the 50s at the coast and mid-sick at bay and warmest inland valleys are in the 70s and notice, we are looking at the same scenario for tomorrow and adding in a slight chance of a shower into wednesday and the atmosphere is more unestablish and most of the activity is here in the sierra nevada so the high country could see downpours and otherwise for us we have cooler and cloudy conditions at the coast and the healthy sea breeze and numbers coming down to seasonable levels for this time of year. >> good morning everyone, we head out and look at san jose. this is 87. headlights headed in the
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northbound direction beyond the s.a.p. center and everyone is light and moving at the limit. now, a look at the drive from the central valley starting to bunch up from 205 and into the tracy area and over altamont pass, it is slowing to under 30 miles per hour and you pick up into livermore and dublin/pleasanton interchange. road work out there to be advised of, eastbound 24, you can see the yellow sensors at heap valley road picked up at 5:00 this morning. we will keep our eye on that and westbound 24 from the walnut creek interchange is locking good to the tunnel. happening today, six heroes of the environment from around the world are in san francisco for the goldman environmental prize award ceremony. >> it is the largest for grass roots environmentalists but they have not officially been named we know what they have done to win the prize including the activist who used art to create a civil social movement to stop construction of a mega dam.
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and a tribal leader three times defeat add test by a mining company to build the largest copper and gold mine in british columbia at 5:30 at the war memorial opera house. >> a big change to ride sharing services and uber and lyft riders could car pool it. >> people in the hard land or operationing for more severe weather and the damage it has caused. >> we are teaching weather and traffic up through the entire
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>> covering santa rosa berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. this morning assemblyman and transportation officials will announce legislation transforming ride sharing companies like uber and lyft to on demand car booming services reducing redundant trips and taking calves off the road.
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he will announce this at the san francisco caltrain station on 4th and king at 10:00 a. the legislature will have the first vote this afternoon. >> after tomorrow, there will only be one emergency room left in west contra costa county. doctors medical center in san pablo closes on tuesday. the community served thousands of people for years but now it is out of money. closure leaves kaiser permanente richmond as the only emergency room in the area. >> april showers are in the form of severe storms in the southeast and mid-atlantic. we have the latest on the weather that has claimed a life already. >> good morning. enormous area of the country is struggling to recover from a weekend of wild weather and it may not be over yet. >> severe thunderstorms ravishing the southeast and mid atlantic. leaving a trail of damage across man states. in alabama more than 4" of rain uprooting entire trees and
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causing flash blood conditions. power lines dangerously crisscrossing highways, dozens of homes destroyed. >> the wind started blowing and i soon my shed go up and that tree fell on top of the house. >> georgia drivers pelted by heavy rain in fort benting. in cincinnati, he a woman died when this tree came crashing down on her car. >> in parts of florida, major downpours dumped inches of rain and gusts caused terrible condition and the national glad watch stepped all the way to maryland. the threat is across the southeast and large hail and wind gusts are all possibilities cooler weather is helping firefighters battling a wildfire that threated 300 homes in southern california. people living near the cities everyone allowed to return am authorities lifted evacuation
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order. unintended cooking fire sparked the place on saturday. the flames video quickly forcing ever reaction. the fire has burned a thousand acres of brush and is 35 percent contained. it is so dry and so much fuel that it is fueling the fire. >> discouraging to see fire season start southerlily but it is not officially fire season but the fact we see a lot of the wildfires starts is not good news across the state. >> can we get rain or a few sprinkles? >> maybe a few sprinkles the but the sierra nevada will see downpours and that is good news. as we start off low clouds and mist and drizzle could impact you in the morning ride along the coast and here is a look at live doppler hd we have a couple of systems that are situated off the coast which are enhancing the marine layer and bringing the low deck of clouds across the bay. we are cloudy in concord and livermore and keeping us mild. 53 in the city. 55 in san carlos and 57 in san jose.
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and half moon bay is 52. as you make up it is a gray start, and we will see sunshine throughout the mid-morning hours for east bay valleys and temperatures are slow to warm, 52 in fairfield but if you are inland valleys and low 50s in napa. looking at a more spring like forecast with drizzle at the coast and warm inland and cool at the coast and the cool down is more dramatic in the days ahead and high temperatures. be in the 60s inland valley by the end of the work week. that is a system you can see heading down to southern california and then there is another system dropping to the south. that will increase the marine layer and keep the wrest wind with us and allow for clearing midday keeping the temperatures from getting too warm. as you move through the day you have showers popping up in the sierra nevada and tomorrow starting out grave with mist and drizzle revealing sunny afternoon and the clouds moved along the shoreline and we will see temperatures each came come down a couple more deaths today
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in the upper 70s for livermore and feeling good if you are inland and used to the warmer highs but we are still above average at 66 in oakland and 62 in san francisco and 70 in peel peel and along the coast it will be a gray day with 69 in santa rosa. the seven-day outlook shows sunny afternoon. still mild inland. today is the warmest day. tuesday, wednesday and thursday we could have a chance of showers into wednesday and thursday. just isolated around here. by friday, the cool of the day, we are in the 60s with more sunshine and average temperatures to dry next week. >> good morning, everyone, we are going to emeryville camera and this is macarthur maze where 80 funnels in, 880 580 to the tom toll plaza and no metering lights and everyone is moving nicely with no delays making your way to the bay bridge and points beyond. we have delays expected through oakland, however, and this is road work both directions 6880
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morning and southbound between 29th and 23rd. one lane is all we have through this area until 6:00 this morning. eastbound 24 hope to happy valley road we have construction with slow trafficking approaching lafayette in lanes until 8:00 this morning. expect delays eastbound. westbound, the drive to the caldecott tunnel is looking good. >> tomorrow you will notice different search results on the smartphone or tablet because google is changing their method using sites that are more mobile friendly. this accounts for 60 percent of on-line traffic and google announced the change in february. it gave businesses time for "mobile-g >> a sent-year-old saved himself and his sister when hope was up
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>> good morning on this monday at 4:51. checking out the bay and the bay bridge, it looks like we have overcast this morning and maybe a marine layer. there are possible sprinkles that our meteorologist will tell us about. >> federal authorities are watching out for people who with abducted a sea lion pup from a beach in los angeles. this is the companion being treated by the veterinarians. en withs say four people at the state beach through a blanket on the second pup on saturday wrapped it up and ran off with it. experts say the sea lion is in danger. baby sea lions protected species. >> a 13-year-old maryland boy is
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being called a hero after directing firefighters through his family's burning him to where he and his younger sister were. listen to the calm 9-1-1 call between marcus and the dispatcher. >> if we come to the front i need to find you how do i get you? >> go up the steps in the back hallway. >> up the steps. turn right? >> yes. >> if i go up the steps and turn right. >> it is the back door to the right. >> stay low to the floor. tell your little sister to stay low, too. >> stay low to the floor. >> the fire broke out yesterday morning and marcus older brother, mother and stepfather were treated for non-life threatening injuries. he and his sister were treated for smoke inhalation but are expected to be okay. that is composure. >> a boston company has a special way to have parers watch that are baby. >> possibly get more sleep.
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it is a wear an baby monitor that will comes with two sensors on the front and it shows mom and dad if the newborn is awake or asleep and monitors breathing, and temperature and body position. parents can track their baby. the kit costs $200 and comes where three onc >> i tell my kids i know what you can do. and this onesie will pay off the. >> we need them for teens. >> absolutely. >> now, time to check with lisa and the weather forecast. how is it? >> eyes in the back of your head is what is needed. >> good morning, everyone we have low clouds and fog to the east bay valley and with that, it is mild 56 in mountain view and 57 in san jose and it will
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take time to clear with mist and drizzle at the coast and with the marine layer temperatures are coming down a few more deaths. it will be warm and sunny this afternoon, warmest inland valley and closer to the bay partly cloudy and cloudy at coast. a couple of areas of low pressure influencing the cooler air and 58 if monterey and 69 in los angeles with clouds. and showers in the sierra nevers. so highs in the mid-60s in oakland and 74 in san jose. cooler days ahead with the possibility of sprinkles on wednesday and thursday. sue? >> good morning, everyone. if you are out of novato south 101 into san rafael here is a look past the civic center with the tail lights hold southbound. it is light. you need windshield wipers through mill valley and over the waldo grade. there is drizzle with mist. know delays so far. getting slower out of the central valley and the drive time highway 4, in a minute,
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antioch to conquer at 15 minutes. 101 from san rafael to san francisco is due to the mist and damp roads. slowing here and 880 we have the road work northbound and southbound one lane until 6:00 this morning and you are expecting delays and coming into san francisco north 280 101 we have cones and roadwork activity here as well. thank you, a 9th grader from southern california is the winner of a national essay contest. we were at at&t park yesterday and the san francisco giants honored kayla for winning a contest honoring jackie robinson and his legacy by educating young students of his life and value. as part of the winnings she received a laptop and goes to the world series. >> the giants and many high together terms call it home and now san francisco south of market area is one of the most
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livable areas in the united states and it is included as manhattannen the upper west side downtown seattle and in boston downtown. all those neighbors scored high when it came to housing health, transportation options and nearness to jobs part of a new tool launched today aimed at helping commuters and communities serve people better. >> bay area is remembering those who died in the holocaust. >> we were at the jewish community center on sunday administration songs and art and stores marked we the day of remember an and learning. the air war was accepted for a man's mother that israel gives to non-jews who took risks to help those survive the holocaust. show hid two elderly men while she and her son lived in the rat infested cool center.
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>> she was tremendous with courage and her ability to risk her life and her son to provide false papers and to put into hiding many jews in the community. >> her name will be added to a wall of honor at holocaust memorial museum in jerusalem. >> we have joked about max taking over the tv anchor job robots have taken over jobs of humans at factories and one could help you find a way around the department store. >> the tokyo store unveiled the talking robot today which is is the store receptionist for two weeks and then get a new job serving as a tour guide. features include sinking the voice with mouth movement. >> show could not be a tv anchor, she a little...robotic.
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